Sonos might offer own voice assistant alongside Alexa and Google Assistant

(Pocket-lint) - Sonos has distinguished itself successful the astute talker tract by offering a prime of Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant alternatively than conscionable one, and caller reports suggest it mightiness beryllium looking to grow that prime further. 

First reported connected Reddit and spotted by Voicebot.ai (via Slashgear), Sonos is said to person sent retired a user survey asking for feedback connected an in-house adjunct that would respond to the bid "Hey Sonos". 

It's said the "Sonos Voice Control" adjunct would beryllium capable to power things similar talker grouping, playback and measurement controls, whilst besides being capable to find euphony to play. It's besides claimed to beryllium alongside Alexa alternatively than regenerate Amazon's assistant, and it would beryllium designed for offline processing.

The second constituent is important arsenic if the Sonos adjunct would enactment without an net transportation - thing some Alexa and Google Assistant necessitate - it could mean that it would enactment connected the Sonos Roam and Sonos Move erstwhile they are successful Bluetooth mode. 

The Sonos survey is said to person suggested section processing could beryllium faster and examples of commands that could beryllium supported by the in-house adjunct included pausing, skipping and grouping speakers, arsenic good arsenic uncovering playlists, vigor stations and different music. 

It is besides suggested successful the survey the Sonos Voice Control would grip euphony playback, portion 3rd enactment assistants similar Alexa and Google Assistant would proceed to grip different requests, specified arsenic what the upwind is like. 

For now, thing is authoritative but we volition decidedly beryllium watching this space.

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 13 August 2021.